The Liquid Network sidechain, started by Blockstream’s Samson Mow, has gone live. The Liquid Network sidechain for the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain went live on Sept. 27, according to an Oct. 10 post from Blockstream. Blockstream is a blockchain development company founded in 2014, with Samson Mow as its CSO. The Liquid Network project, first announced […]
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The biggest Bitcoin block to date has been mined! But although it is the biggest block, it had about 1,400 fewer transactions than the average block on the Bitcoin Network. From soft and hard forks to protocol upgrades, to the implementation of Segwit and to the future outlook of the Lightning Network (LN), the Bitcoin network […]
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The Bitcoin Lightning Network may have been used to process transactions for a short period of time, but enough data has already been collected to set its architects on a path to upgrade the network with further improvements. In order to improve Bitcoin’s transaction processing volume, Lightning Network requires users to store a large amount […]
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The Lightning Network now has more nodes than Bitcoin Cash, suggesting widespread and adoption. In mid-January, there were only 29 nodes running Lightning Network on the Bitcoin mainnet. Now, just over two months later, it has 1,368 nodes, compared to 1,286 Bitcoin ABC nodes. There are already 29 insanely brave nodes running Lightning Network on […]
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Unbeknownst to the attendees of the EthCC Ethereum Community Conference in France, Vitalik Buterin showed up to present news about a new upgrade. According to Buterin, a scaling solution for Ethereum’s smart contract system, Plasma, would be released to increase its computational functionality. Buterin teamed up with Bitcoin Lightning Network co-creator Joseph Poon, as well […]
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